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When Lago Was Lucky Introduction WHEN LAGO WAS LUCKY INTRODUCTION The February 16, 1942 attack by German U-boat 156 on the Lago Oil & Transport Company’s refinery on Aruba, Netherlands Antilles has been well documented. Lago’s bi- weekly publication, The Aruba Esso News, carried a series of articles titled “The War Years at Lago” in 1946 and in 1962 then editor William Hochstuhl wrote a 20th anniversary article, “German U-boat 156 Brought War to Aruba February 16, 1942.” This in-depth report was republished by Clyde Harms, along with eyewitness accounts and the English translation of a portion of the submarine’s log book, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the attack in 2002. One can get additional information from the histories of the various military units that served in Aruba, from books, and from numerous magazine and newspaper accounts. In his book Aruba Past and Present (1961), Dutch historian Johan Hartog devotes ample space to Aruba during the war years. U-boat war diaries (KTBs) are available from the National Archives; War Operations Reports (BdUs) can be found on the Internet. For several years a U-boat roundtable has been meeting periodically to discuss the details of the attack itself, especially those first shells fired at a land target in the Americas in World War II. A review of this recorded history might lead one to the conclusion that there is nothing more to be said on the topic. Nevertheless, many details about those early war years in Aruba have been scattered, misstated, distorted or as yet unreported by researchers in regard to the ships, planes and people involved and decisions made. This paper will attempt to bring together the disparate strands of a larger story including information from previously classified telegrams from the U.S. Consulates in Curacao and Aruba to the Department of State in Washington. The result, it is hoped, will be a comprehensive portrait of the perils of that chaotic time and how events transpired to make February 1942 a lucky month indeed for Lago and Aruba. SETTING THE SCENE One can mark Aruba’s direct involvement in World War II from May 10, 1940, when Germany invaded Belgium and the Netherlands. That same day the German freighter Antilla was scuttled at Malmok and its crew sent to internment camp on Bonaire along with crews from seven other German ships captured in Curacao by boarding parties from file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dan/M...ON_LUCKY_LAGO/WHEN%20LAGO%20WAS%20LUCKY.htm (1 of 29) [4/27/2009 2:59:50 PM] WHEN LAGO WAS LUCKY the Dutch light cruiser Van Kinsbergen. Other German nationals and Dutch quislings residing in the Netherlands West Indies were also rounded up. That too was the day when the French auxiliary cruiser Primauguet arrived in Oranjestad harbor from Martinique and [1] disembarked 180 French marines to support the small Dutch garrison. Lago, however, dates its participation in WWII from September 3, 1939 when the refinery started furnishing petroleum products for the Allies. That year Lago produced 227,600 barrels per day, which was 27% of Standard Oil’s world-wide output. The main product was 100-octane aviation gasoline and the primary recipient was Great Britain. Having the superior fuel was considered the critical edge that gave the RAF victory in the Battle of [2] Britain in the summer of 1940. Thus it was in the summer of 1940 that Britain moved to protect Lago. The Netherlands had surrendered to Germany on May 14 and France had given up on June 22. When the French marines left for Martinique aboard the Estrel on July 6 they were immediately replaced by 120 British troops sent from Jamaica. The Van Kinsbergen was called in to observe the departure because the Aruban authorities feared the now Vichy French might try to set the fuel depots on fire before leaving. On September 3rd the British unit was succeeded by 520 Scottish soldiers of the 4th Battalion of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, many of them veterans of Dunkirk and Flanders. Their commander was Major Colin “Tiny” Muir Barber (1897-1964) who, at 6 foot 6 inches, was the tallest officer in the British Army. He would be promoted to Lt. Colonel on Nov. 4, 1940 while in Aruba, later lead the 15th Scottish Division in France in 1944 and [3] eventually attain the rank of Lieutenant General. One might conclude from the events of the time that the French and British forces were sent primarily to protect the island from attack by Nazi Germany. That was not the case according to U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull in a meeting in his office with Japanese Ambassador Horinouchi on May 16, 1940. Hull later wrote, “The Ambassador then proceeded at great length to question and cross examine me about the Netherlands West Indies, comprising Curacao and Aruba. I said that… As soon as this Government learned of the fact that British and French vessels file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dan/M...ON_LUCKY_LAGO/WHEN%20LAGO%20WAS%20LUCKY.htm (2 of 29) [4/27/2009 2:59:50 PM] WHEN LAGO WAS LUCKY patrolling the waters near Curacao and Aruba were offering potential aid to the Netherlands Government in preventing possible sabotage and possible armed expeditions from the mainland intended to seize the governments on one or both of these possessions, … this Government proceeded to assemble the facts as expeditiously as possible… I further stated that it was my understanding that the British and French patrols were in no sense interfering with the Netherlands governments on these two islands, but were recognizing the authority of these governments during the brief, temporary time deemed [4] necessary to aid in safeguarding against the dangers already mentioned…” (Author’s note: The Japanese had their eyes on the Netherlands East Indies and were most interested in the ability of Dutch colonial forces to offer resistance to an invasion. In June 1929 Venezuelan insurgents led by Rafael Simon Urbina made an unsuccessful surprise attack on Curacao. The U.S. was opposed to the occupation of any Western Hemisphere territory by the armed forces of other belligerent powers.) The next 18 months was a relatively calm time in Aruba. A coastal battery was constructed at Juana Morto and test fired its guns on May 17, 1940. An artillery battery of the Dutch colonial army arrived from Curacao in December 1940, anti-aircraft guns were [5] placed in Lago refinery and blackouts were practiced at Lago and Eagle refineries. By mid-1941 Aruba had a total of 889 troops, including 612 Cameron Highlanders according to a July 11 memorandum from U.S. Army Brigadier General Sherman Miles (G-2) to the Army Assistant Chief of Staff. In a post-war article, the Lago refinery biweekly publication Aruba Esso News gave this opinion of the British troops quartered in Sabaneta: “Veterans of Dunkirk, they came virtually without equipment of war, and were generally thought to be here recovering from their Dunkirk experience. Their kilts, parades and bagpipe band were a never failing show [6] to take the residents’ minds off their war worries.” Looking back from a vantage point of over sixty years, one sees a Caribbean complacent on the eve of war. (Perhaps it was because of the protection offered by the Third Neutrality Act of 1937, and the October 1939 Declaration of Panama which established a safety zone around the Americas.) Although prevention of sabotage was one reason given for having the Scottish soldiers on Aruba, there does not seem to have been any great concern about the wide influence of Nazi Germany in Latin America. The first Nazi file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dan/M...ON_LUCKY_LAGO/WHEN%20LAGO%20WAS%20LUCKY.htm (3 of 29) [4/27/2009 2:59:50 PM] WHEN LAGO WAS LUCKY party in Latin America was established in Paraguay in 1931. The German air force had advisors in Bolivia during the Chaco War with Paraguay in the 1930s, they established the forerunner of Avianca airlines in Colombia and the first airplane to be seen in Aruba was [7] the German seaplane “Idoor” which landed in Oranjestad Harbor on July 4, 1925. They had well-developed intelligence networks in Mexico, Chile and Argentina. Spain’s fascist, pro-Nazi government had strong ties to its former colonial empire and Spanish tankers plied the Caribbean under the cloak of neutrality, providing the Third Reich with maritime intelligence reports. (The Franco government also had a history of supplying [8] German U-boats. ) When France fell, pro-Nazi Vichy France came into being and had naval forces under Governor Admiral Robert in Martinique and Guadeloupe and controlled French Guiana. As soon as the U.S. entered the war, Army Air Force planes began flying daily patrols out of Puerto Rico “to prevent the French warships anchored in Fort-de-France harbor on [9] Martinique from sailing to join the German navy.” The U.S. War Department noted that Aruba and Curacao had certain strategic aspects in addition to refineries. Willemstad, for example, was an important bunkering station for commercial shipping companies operating routes between Europe and the Panama Canal. The Department’s War Plans Division drew up Rainbow 5, a comprehensive action plan to implement if the United States entered the war. One of the action items was that U.S. ground forces would relieve British troops on both islands. Before this could be done, however, acquiescence of the Netherlands Government in London would have to be [10] secured by the British Government. ARUBA’S WAR BEGINS At Lago there was still a feeling of calm even after the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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